Background
Gilbert, Creighton Eddy was born on June 6, 1924 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Allan H. and Katharine (Everett) Gilbert.
( Creighton E. Gilbert captures the spirit of the early R...)
Creighton E. Gilbert captures the spirit of the early Renaissance in this remarkable collection of primary texts by and about artists of the fifteenth century. Italian Art makes a valuable contribution not only to the field of art history, but also to social and intellectual history. Almost all aspects of the life of the period--war, fashion, travel, communication--are documented. Revealing significant aspects of the practice of art, the process of patronage, and the way of life and social position of early Renaissance artists, Italian Art brings this fascinating period to life for students and scholars.
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( The frescoes of the Cappella Nuova in the Cathedral of ...)
The frescoes of the Cappella Nuova in the Cathedral of Orvieto have fascinated visitors from Michelangelo to Freud and Czeław Miłosz because of their dramatic portrayal of the end of the world and the Last Judgment. Creighton Gilbert’s study draws on previously overlooked documents to explain the commissioning of this extraordinary cycle of paintings, begun by Fra Angelico in the early 1400s and completed a half-century later by Luca Signorelli. In contrast to most other art historians, who ascribe the iconographic and formal structure of the paintings to Signorelli, Gilbert contends that his predecessor, Fra Angelico, devised the entire program of decoration. Gilbert also situates the cycle in the contexts of liturgical practice, humanistic studies, and the rich body of texts and images shaping the Renaissance conception of the coming of the Antichrist and the world’s final moments. How Fra Angelico and Signorelli Saw the End of the World examines every element in the Cappella Nuova’s architecture and complex decoration, which not only represents the coming of the Antichrist, the end of the world, and the Last Judgment but also, on a high dado, features portraits of Dante and other poets, scenes from their texts, and sinuous grotesque ornament. Although Dante’s likeness has long been recognized, Gilbert is the first scholar to establish that his great epic, The Divine Comedy, exerted a profound influence on the Chapel’s iconographic program.
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Gilbert, Creighton Eddy was born on June 6, 1924 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Allan H. and Katharine (Everett) Gilbert.
Bachelor, New York University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1955. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Adelphi University, 1990.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Louisville, 1997.
Associate professor Brandeis University, 1961-1965, Sidney and Ellen Wien professor history of art, 1965-1969. Professor Queens College City University New York, 1969-1977. Jacob Gould Schurman professor art history Cornell University, 1977-1981.
Professor Yale University, 1981-2000, professor emeritus, since 2000. Fulbright senior lecturer University Rome, 1951-1952. Fellow Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, 1972-1973.
Visiting professor University Leiden, 1974-1975. Zacks Foundation visiting professor Hebrew University Jerusalem, 1985.
( The frescoes of the Cappella Nuova in the Cathedral of ...)
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( Creighton E. Gilbert captures the spirit of the early R...)
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Ateneo Veneto (foreign). M C.